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Geology 101: Streams

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1. Speed and direction of stream flow.
    Speed
    Velocity
    Mass
    Acceleration


2. Steepness of the stream channel. Measured as the vertical drop per unit of horizontal distance.
    Ultimate base level
    Discharge
    Stream gradient
    Graded Stream


3. Volume of water passing a point in a stream in a certain amount of time.
    Bed load
    Discharge
    Base load
    Suspended load


4. The lowest elevation to which a stream can erode downward.
    Graded stream
    Velocity
    Discharge
    Base level


5. What is ultimate base level?
    Answer: (Two Words)


6. Process by which, over time, the stream gradient is adjusted to yield the velocity required for transportation of the load supplied from the drainage basin.
    Graded stream
    Active stream
    Sloping stream
    Digging-down stream


7. Liquid is shot hard enough so that erosion occurs.
    Hydraulic action
    Abrasion
    Solution
    Saltation


8. Erosion by washing debris in the stream next to debris that is in place.
    Hydraulic action
    Saltation
    Solution
    Abrasion


9. Everything carried by the stream.
    Strength
    Cart
    Velocity
    Load


10. Solid material that is carried within the stream.
    Dissolved load
    Suspended load
    Bed load
    Floating load


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